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Artist statement
"Do you know what Picasso said when asked why he left Cubism? 'Because,' he answered, 'I wanted to be a painter. I didn't want to be a Cubist.'"- Morton Feldman
Morton Feldman Says: Selected Interviews And Lectures 1964-1987 (London: Hyphen Press), edited by Chris Villars, pg. 121.
Timeline | Composition Directory | Past Shows
TIMELINE:
Function: noun
1: a table listing important events for successive years within a particular historical period.
2: a schedule of events and procedures.
..and the above definition couldn't prove any more true here! Over the next few months, we'll be
updating this page with important KV happenings dating all the way back through 1990! This will
be your source for a comprehensive, chronological look back at Ken's life in modern music over the
last 15 years.
Function: noun
1: a table listing important events for successive years within a particular historical period.
2: a schedule of events and procedures.
..and the above definition couldn't prove any more true here! Over the next few months, we'll be
updating this page with important KV happenings dating all the way back through 1990! This will
be your source for a comprehensive, chronological look back at Ken's life in modern music over the
last 15 years.
Timeline
| Jun 04, 2006 | KV Solo performance at Galeria Zé dos Bois (ZDB), Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Jun 03, 2006 | Adam Lane/Ken Vandermark Quartet (with Magnus Broo and Paal Nilssen-Love). Coimbra Jazz Festival, Portugal, at the Salăo Brazil. |
| Jun 02, 2006 | Adam Lane/Ken Vandermark Quartet (with Magnus Broo and Paal Nilssen-Love). Coimbra Jazz Festival, Portugal, at the Salăo Brazil. |
| Jun 01, 2006 | Adam Lane/Ken Vandermark Quartet (with Magnus Broo and Paal Nilssen-Love). Coimbra Jazz Festival, Portugal, at the Salăo Brazil. |
| May 22, 2005 | Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet, Festival Musique Actuelle, Victoriaville, QC |
| Sep 12, 2004 | Sonore, Southgate House, Newport, KY |
| Sep 11, 2004 | Sonore, Mecca Studio, Lexington, KY |
| Sep 10, 2004 | Sonore, Modern Formations, Pittsburgh, PA |
| Sep 09, 2004 | Sonore, Slought Foundation, Philadelphia, PA |
| Sep 08, 2004 | Sonore, Tonic, NYC |
| Sep 07, 2004 | Sonore, Zeitgeist Gallery, Cambridge, MA |
| Sep 05, 2004 | Sonore, El Salon, Montreal, QC |
| Sep 04, 2004 | Sonore, Babylon, Ottawa, ON |
| Sep 03, 2004 | Sonore, The Goethe Institute, Toronto, ON |
| Sep 02, 2004 | Sonore, Kraftbrau, Kalamazoo, MI |
| Sep 01, 2004 | Sonore, Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL |
| Jul 03, 2004 | V5, Toronto Jazz festival, Nat'l Film Board Theatre, Toronto, ON |
| Jul 02, 2004 | V5, El Salon, Montreal, QC |
| Jul 01, 2004 | V5, Zeitgeist Gallery, Boston, MA |
| Jun 30, 2004 | V5, Tonic, NYC |
| Jun 29, 2004 | V5, North star, Philadelphia, PA |
| Jun 27, 2004 | V5, IOTA, Arlington, VA |
| Jun 25, 2004 | "V5 meets Atomic" Tour, Room Four, Carrboro, NC |
| Jun 25, 2004 | "V5 meets Atomic" Tour, Ottobar, Baltimore, MD |
| Jun 24, 2004 | "V5 meets Atomic" Tour, 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA |
| Jun 23, 2004 | "V5 meets Atomic" Tour, Echo Lounge, Atlanta, GA |
| Jun 22, 2004 | "V5 meets Atomic" Tour, The Woodruff Building, Knoxville, TN |
| Jun 21, 2004 | "V5 meets Atomic" Tour, Garfield Artworks, Pittsburgh, PA |
| Jun 20, 2004 | "V5 meets Atomic" Tour, Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland, OH |
| Jun 19, 2004 | "V5 meets Atomic" Tour, Mecca, Lexington, KY |
| Jun 17, 2004 | "V5 meets Atomic" Tour, Cowboy Monkey, Champaign, IL |
| Jun 16, 2004 | "V5 meets Atomic" Tour, Onopa Brewing Company, Milwaukee, WI |
| Jun 15, 2004 | "V5 meets Atomic" Tour, High Noon Saloon, Madison, WI |
| Jun 14, 2004 | "V5 meets Atomic" Tour, 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis, MN |
| Jun 12, 2004 | "V5 meets Atomic" Tour, Green Mill, Chicago, IL |
| Jun 11, 2004 | "V5 meets Atomic" Tour, Green Mill, Chicago, IL |
| Apr 08, 2004 | The Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet, The Parish, Austin, TX |
| Apr 06, 2004 | The Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA |
| Apr 04, 2004 | The Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet, ACME Festival, Athens, GA |
| Apr 03, 2004 | The Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet, ACME Festival, Athens, GA |
| Apr 02, 2004 | The Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet, ACME Festival, Athens, GA |
| Apr 01, 2004 | The Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet, ACME Festival, Athens, GA |
| Sep 01, 2003 | Recording of 'Radiale' (Spaceways, Inc.) begins! |
| Sep 01, 2003 | Recording of 'Radiale' (Spaceways, Inc.) begins! |
| Sep 01, 2003 | Recording of 'Radiale' (Spaceways, Inc.) begins! |
| Sep 01, 2003 | Recording of 'Radiale' (Spaceways, Inc.) begins! |
| Sep 01, 2003 | Recording of 'Radiale' (Spaceways, Inc.) begins! |
| Sep 01, 2003 | Recording of 'Radiale' (Spaceways, Inc.) begins! |
| Nov 09, 2000 | V5, Festival Voor Avontuurlijke Muziek, Utrecht |
| Sep 08, 2000 | V5, Harvey's On The Mall, Kalamazoo, MI - in-store at Flipside Records |
| Sep 07, 2000 | V5, AMG, Edgefest, Ann Arbor, MI |
| Sep 06, 2000 | V5, Little Brother's, Columbus, OH |
| Sep 04, 2000 | V5, Tomato Head, Knoxville, TN |
| Sep 03, 2000 | V5, First Existentialist, Atlanta, GA |
| Sep 02, 2000 | V5, 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA |
| Aug 30, 2000 | V5, Go! Studios, Carrboro, NC |
| Aug 29, 2000 | V5, Metro Cafe, Washington D.C. |
| Aug 28, 2000 | V5, Fletchers, Baltimore, MD |
| Aug 27, 2000 | V5, Plays and Players Club, Philadelphia, PA |
| Aug 26, 2000 | V5, Tonic, NYC |
| Aug 25, 2000 | V5, Middle East, Cambridge, MA |
| Aug 23, 2000 | V5, Casa de Popolo, Montreal, QC |
| Aug 22, 2000 | V5, Now Lounge, Toronto, ON |
| Aug 21, 2000 | V5, Dionysus Club, Oberlin, OH |
| Aug 12, 2000 | Joe Morris & KV, Jazz em Agosto, Lisboa |
| Aug 12, 2000 | AALY Trio w/KV, Jazz em Agosto, Lisboa |
| Jul 08, 2000 | AALY Trio w/ KV, Kongsberg Jazz Festival |
| Jul 05, 2000 | Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, Chicago, IN STUDIO |
| Jul 04, 2000 | Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, Chicago, IN STUDIO |
| Jul 03, 2000 | Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, Chicago, IN STUDIO |
| Jul 01, 2000 | Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, NYC, Tonic |
| Jun 30, 2000 | Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, NYC, Tonic |
| Jun 29, 2000 | Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, Boston, MA, Middle East |
| Jun 28, 2000 | Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, Atlanta, GA, Variety Playhouse |
| Jun 25, 2000 | Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, AALY, Vancouver, BC, Vancouver Jazz Festival |
| Jun 24, 2000 | AALY Trio, Joe Harriot Project, Vancouver, BC, Vancouver Jazz Festival |
| Jun 23, 2000 | Witches & Devils, Vancouver, BC, Vancouver Jazz Festival |
| Jun 21, 2000 | Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, Portland, OR, McGuire Auditorium |
| Jun 20, 2000 | Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, San Francisco, Great American |
| Jun 17, 2000 | Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, NYC Hammerstein Ballroom |
| Jun 16, 2000 | DKV Trio, Ravinia Festival |
| Jun 05, 2000 | V5 - Ljubljana Jazz Festival |
| May 27, 2000 | V5, Stunden SWR Kultur |
| May 20, 2000 | V5, Festival International Musique Actuelle, Victoriaville |
| May 07, 2000 | DKV Trio, North Sea Jazz Festival, The Hague |
| May 06, 2000 | DKV Trio, Cafe Piccolo, St. Johann in Tirol |
| May 05, 2000 | DKV Trio w/ Mats Gustaffson, Stadtgarten |
| Apr 27, 2000 | Payne, Vida, Vandermark, Velvet Lounge, Chicago |
| Apr 25, 2000 | V5, Free Jazz Classics, Empty Bottle, Chicago |
| Apr 21, 2000 | Witches & Devils, Hothouse, Chicago |
| Apr 18, 2000 | V5, Free Jazz Classics, Empty Bottle, Chicago |
| Mar 08, 2000 | School Days w/Hemingway/Lehn, Empty Bottle, Chicago |
| Mar 04, 2000 | School Days, Velvet Lounge, Chicago |
| Mar 03, 2000 | School Days, Velvet Lounge, Chicago |
| Nov 20, 1999 | KV, Paul Lytton & Braden King @ "Sound in Motion" Film Festival, Belgium |
| Nov 17, 1999 | Sound in Action Trio @ Empty Bottle |
| Nov 14, 1999 | ICP Orchestra, Baars/Bennink/Drake/Vandermark @ Chicago Cultural Center |
| Nov 05, 1999 | Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet @ Berlin Jazz Festival, Germany |
| Oct 16, 1999 | Fred Anderson/DKV Trio - Re-Make/Re-Model, Billowy Sleeves: Theatro Neubaugasse, Graz |
| Sep 26, 1999 | Austin Eye + Ear Music Series w/ AALY Trio +KV |
| Aug 31, 1999 | V5 @ Empty Bottle |
| Aug 29, 1999 | Martin Siewert Quintet w/Kent Kessler & KV @ Saalfelden Jazz Festival, Austria |
| Aug 17, 1999 | V5 @ Empty Bottle |
| Aug 07, 1999 | Tripleplay @ Zeitgeist Gallery, Cambridge, MA |
| Jul 29, 1999 | Vandermark Quartet @ Nervous Center |
| Jul 22, 1999 | Vandermark Quartet @ Nervous Center |
| Jul 18, 1999 | AALY/Vandermark @ Internationales Festival fur Jazz & Improvisierte Musik, Nickelsdorf |
| Jul 10, 1999 | DKV Trio @ Velvet Lounge |
| Jul 09, 1999 | DKV Trio @ Velvet Lounge |
| Jul 08, 1999 | KV - Solo @ Nervous Center |
| Jul 06, 1999 | V5 @ Empty Bottle |
| Jul 01, 1999 | MacArthur Genius Grant awarded to KV this month!! |
| Jul 01, 1999 | KV - Solo @ Nervous Center |
| Jun 29, 1999 | V5 @ Empty Bottle |
| Jun 25, 1999 | V5 - CD Release Concert w/ Joe McPhee & Hamid Drake @ Empty Bottle |
| Jun 24, 1999 | V5 - Schuler Books & Music, Grand Rapids, MI |
| Jun 22, 1999 | V5 - Bop Shop, Rochester, NY |
| Jun 21, 1999 | V5 - Albany, NY |
| Jun 20, 1999 | V5 - Middle East, Boston, MA |
| Jun 19, 1999 | V5 - Tonic, NYC |
| Jun 18, 1999 | V5 - Philadelphia, PA |
| Jun 17, 1999 | V5 - Washington, D.C |
| Jun 16, 1999 | V5 - West End Theatre at the Arts Center, Chapel Hill, NC |
| Jun 15, 1999 | V5 - The New Brookland Tavern, Columbia, SC |
| Jun 14, 1999 | V5 - The First Existentialist Congregation, Atlanta, GA |
| Jun 13, 1999 | V5 - The Tomato Head, Knoxville, TN |
| Jun 12, 1999 | V5 - Louisville, KY |
| Jun 11, 1999 | V5 - St. Louis, MO |
| Jun 10, 1999 | V5 - Second Story, Bloomington, IN |
| Jun 08, 1999 | Paul Lovens w/ Lonberg-Holm & KV @ Fassbender Gallery |
| Jun 07, 1999 | Paul Lovens w/ KV @ Chicago Cultural Center |
| Jun 01, 1999 | V5 @ Empty Bottle |
| May 23, 1999 | Peter Brotzmann Chicago "Tentet", Int'l Festival Musique Actuelle, Victoriaville |
| Apr 29, 1999 | DKV Trio - Columbia Jazz Festival, SC |
| Apr 27, 1999 | V5 @ Empty Bottle |
| Apr 24, 1999 | DKV Trio - Atlanta, GA |
| Apr 22, 1999 | Sound In Action Trio @ Nervous Center, Chicago |
| Apr 17, 1999 | DKV Trio @ Velvet Lounge, Chicago |
| Apr 15, 1999 | KV solo @ Nervous Center |
| Apr 13, 1999 | V5 @ Empty Bottle |
| Apr 09, 1999 | Fred Van Hove & KV - No Music Festival, London, Ontario |
| Apr 08, 1999 | Ibarra/Tsahar w/ Kessler & Vandermark @ Empty Bottle |
| Mar 30, 1999 | V5 @ Empty Bottle |
| Mar 25, 1999 | Long, Payne, Vida & KV @ Nervous Center |
| Mar 23, 1999 | V5 @ Empty Bottle |
| Mar 23, 1999 | V5 @ Empty Bottle |
| Mar 17, 1999 | Liz Payne, Ben Vida & KV @ Empty Bottle |
| Mar 16, 1999 | V5 @ Empty Bottle |
| Mar 16, 1999 | V5 @ Empty Bottle |
| Mar 12, 1999 | AALY/Vandermark "Survival of the Fittest" Tour, Sweden |
| Mar 12, 1999 | AALY/Vandermark "Survival of the Fittest" Tour, Sweden |
| Mar 11, 1999 | AALY/Vandermark "Survival of the Fittest" Tour, Sweden |
| Mar 11, 1999 | AALY/Vandermark "Survival of the Fittest" Tour, Sweden |
| Mar 10, 1999 | AALY/Vandermark "Survival of the Fittest" Tour, Sweden |
| Mar 10, 1999 | AALY/Vandermark "Survival of the Fittest" Tour, Sweden |
| Mar 09, 1999 | AALY/Vandermark "Survival of the Fittest" Tour, Sweden |
| Mar 09, 1999 | AALY/Vandermark "Survival of the Fittest" Tour, Sweden |
| Mar 09, 1999 | AALY/Vandermark "Survival of the Fittest" Tour, Sweden |
| Mar 08, 1999 | AALY/Vandermark "Survival of the Fittest" Tour, Sweden |
| Mar 08, 1999 | AALY/Vandermark "Survival of the Fittest" Tour, Sweden |
| Mar 08, 1999 | AALY/Vandermark "Survival of the Fittest" Tour, Sweden |
| Mar 07, 1999 | AALY/Vandermark "Survival of the Fittest" Tour, Sweden |
| Mar 07, 1999 | AALY/Vandermark "Survival of the Fittest" Tour, Sweden |
| Mar 07, 1999 | AALY/Vandermark "Survival of the Fittest" Tour, Sweden |
| Mar 06, 1999 | AALY/Vandermark "Survival of the Fittest" Tour, Sweden |
| Mar 06, 1999 | AALY/Vandermark "Survival of the Fittest" Tour, Sweden |
| Mar 06, 1999 | AALY/Vandermark "Survival of the Fittest" Tour, Sweden |
| Mar 05, 1999 | AALY/Vandermark "Survival of the Fittest" Tour, Sweden |
| Mar 05, 1999 | AALY/Vandermark "Survival of the Fittest" Tour, Sweden |
| Mar 05, 1999 | AALY/Vandermark "Survival of the Fittest" Tour, Sweden |
| Mar 04, 1999 | AALY/Vandermark "Survival of the Fittest" Tour, Sweden |
| Mar 04, 1999 | AALY/Vandermark "Survival of the Fittest" Tour, Sweden |
| Mar 04, 1999 | AALY/Vandermark "Survival of the Fittest" Tour, Sweden |
| Mar 03, 1999 | AALY/Vandermark "Survival of the Fittest" Tour, Sweden |
| Mar 03, 1999 | AALY/Vandermark "Survival of the Fittest" Tour, Sweden |
| Mar 03, 1999 | AALY/Vandermark "Survival of the Fittest" Tour, Sweden |
| Mar 02, 1999 | AALY/Vandermark "Survival of the Fittest" Tour, Sweden |
| Mar 02, 1999 | AALY/Vandermark "Survival of the Fittest" Tour, Sweden |
| Mar 02, 1999 | AALY/Vandermark "Survival of the Fittest" Tour, Sweden |
| Mar 01, 1999 | AALY/Vandermark "Survival of the Fittest" Tour, Sweden |
| Mar 01, 1999 | AALY/Vandermark "Survival of the Fittest" Tour, Sweden |
| Mar 01, 1999 | AALY/Vandermark "Survival of the Fittest" Tour, Sweden |
| Feb 23, 1999 | V5 @ Empty Bottle |
| Feb 23, 1999 | V5 @ Empty Bottle |
| Feb 23, 1999 | V5 @ Empty Bottle |
| Feb 22, 1999 | Witches & Devils @ The Note |
| Feb 22, 1999 | Witches & Devils @ The Note |
| Feb 22, 1999 | Witches & Devils @ The Note |
| Feb 16, 1999 | V5 @ Empty Bottle |
| Feb 16, 1999 | V5 @ Empty Bottle |
| Feb 09, 1999 | V5 @ Empty Bottle |
| Feb 09, 1999 | V5 @ Empty Bottle |
| Feb 09, 1999 | V5 @ Empty Bottle |
| Feb 09, 1999 | V5 @ Empty Bottle |
| Feb 09, 1999 | V5 @ Empty Bottle |
| Feb 08, 1999 | Cinghiale & Friends @ The Note |
| Feb 08, 1999 | Cinghiale & Friends @ The Note |
| Feb 08, 1999 | Cinghiale & Friends @ The Note |
| Feb 08, 1999 | Cinghiale & Friends @ The Note |
| Feb 08, 1999 | Cinghiale & Friends @ The Note |
| Feb 04, 1999 | KV solo @ Nervous Center |
| Feb 04, 1999 | KV solo @ Nervous Center |
| Feb 04, 1999 | KV solo @ Nervous Center |
| Feb 04, 1999 | KV solo @ Nervous Center |
| Feb 04, 1999 | KV solo @ Nervous Center |
| Feb 02, 1999 | V5 @ Empty Bottle |
| Feb 02, 1999 | V5 @ Empty Bottle |
| Feb 02, 1999 | V5 @ Empty Bottle |
| Feb 02, 1999 | V5 @ Empty Bottle |
| Feb 02, 1999 | V5 @ Empty Bottle |
| Jan 23, 1999 | V5 @ 11th Internationales Festival Fur Zeitgenossische Musik, Frankfurter Hof, Mainz |
| Jan 23, 1999 | V5 @ 11th Internationales Festival Fur Zeitgenossische Musik, Frankfurter Hof, Mainz |
| Jan 23, 1999 | V5 @ 11th Internationales Festival Fur Zeitgenossische Musik, Frankfurter Hof, Mainz |
| Jan 23, 1999 | V5 @ 11th Internationales Festival Fur Zeitgenossische Musik, Frankfurter Hof, Mainz |
| Jan 23, 1999 | V5 @ 11th Internationales Festival Fur Zeitgenossische Musik, Frankfurter Hof, Mainz |
| Jan 14, 1999 | KV, Nate McBride, TIm Mulvenna & Jeb Bishop @ Chicago Eye & Ear Control |
| Jan 14, 1999 | KV, Nate McBride, TIm Mulvenna & Jeb Bishop @ Chicago Eye & Ear Control |
| Dec 31, 1996 | KV, Nate McBride, TIm Mulvenna & Jeb Bishop @ Chicago Eye & Ear Control |
| Dec 31, 1996 | KV, Nate McBride, TIm Mulvenna & Jeb Bishop @ Chicago Eye & Ear Control |
| Dec 31, 1996 | V5 @ Empty Bottle |
| Aug 15, 1996 | Steam @ Lunar Cabaret, Chicago |
| Aug 02, 1996 | KV's "Tenor Sax for After Dael" appears on This American Life |
| Jun 24, 1996 | Vandermark Trio, Studio 16, Performance Works, Vancouver Jazz Festival, BC |
| Jun 23, 1996 | Vandermark Trio, Studio 16, Vancouver Jazz Festival, BC |
| Jun 21, 1996 | DKV Trio, Big Secret Theatre, Calgary Jazz Festival |
| Jun 01, 1996 | NRG Ensemble's "This Is My House" reviewed in Downbeat.. 4 stars!! |
| Apr 01, 1996 | Lunar Cabaret's "Circular Cacophony: A Festival of Experimental/Jazz Musics" (KV, NRG, et al) every day of this month.. |
| Jan 27, 1996 | The Chicago debut of the V5 at Lunar Cafe!!! |
| Oct 31, 1993 | NRG Ensemble @ Southend Musicworks, Chicago |
| Sep 19, 1993 | Vandermark Quartet @ Lounge Ax (with Sonny Sharrock!!!) |
| Sep 10, 1993 | Vandermark Quartet @ HotHouse, Chicago |
| Jul 24, 1993 | Vandermark Quartet @ HotHouse, Chicago (record release party for "Big Head Eddie") |
| Jul 18, 1993 | Vandermark Quartet @ HotHouse, Chicago |
| Jul 11, 1993 | Vandermark Quartet @ HotHouse, Chicago |
| Jul 04, 1993 | Vandermark Quartet @ HotHouse, Chicago |
| Jun 19, 1993 | NRG Ensemble, Jazz a.d. Donau, Germany |
| May 25, 1993 | Vandermark Quartet @ HotHouse, Chicago |